Jar with eight vertical lugs, incised and applied decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Jar of ovoid form with tall neck, flared mouth and flatten rim. A circular clay pad attached to recessed base. Eight grooved loop handles with thumb-pressed ends on shoulder.

  Clay: buff stoneware.

  Glaze: caramel, low gloss, transparent; base and interior unglazed.

  Decoration: six incised rings and four applique flower design on neck, eight auspicious objects in low relief alternate with loop handles on shoulder, right above a band of applique rosette. Below this band is a row of raised cloud collars. Two pairs of incised upright dragon confronting a flaming pearl in alternate with a peony spray and plum blossom on body. A band of bosses above foot.

• Provenance

  ?-2005

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (d. 2000) [1]

  From 2005

  The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, by gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]

  Notes:

  [1] The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and would amass a large collection in the post-World War II years.

  [2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between members of the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file. From 2005-2023 the work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))

  Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))

• Origin

  possibly Shiwan kilns, Guangdong province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1790s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako, Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Place

  China, Guangdong province, Shiwan kilns

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Shiwan ware, Brown and black glaze, Ceramics, Flowers, Dragon, Plum blossom, Peony, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)